Lynch Cregane Churchtown

  Michelle McDonagh is a newly-minted best-selling author who recently released her debut novel entitled "There's Something I Have To Tell You" . I saw it and couldn't help but notice the thematic similarities between her fictional story and my own nonfictional one ( Family Farm Survivor by David Lynch (cregane1.blogspot.com) ) so I reached out to her via twitter: Despite being in the middle of a busy press tour to promote her book I was pleasantly surprised that she still took the time to listen to my story and tweet me back some lovely messages of public support: I fully agree that it is extremely important to record stories of abuse, mistreatment and the exploitation of children and young people on our farms - mainly because so much of it is still going on and victims of it desperately need to know that they are not alone and that there are others out there who they can turn to who understand what they are going through. Michelle McDonagh on X: "@rural_ireland...

Neil's producer reached out to me a few months back after seeing a link for my story that I had posted on a Cork-based Facebook page. Here is the excerpted audio of the interview I did with Neil. It was broadcast on the 20th December and runs for about 20 minutes. Or if you prefer to listen to the original source then you can find it here:  The Neil Prendeville Show – Red FM . Listen from 1:01:30. Or if you want simplest/most direct link go here:  https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MucG9kcGxheXN0dWRpby5jb20vMjg1MC54bWw/episode/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL2VwaXNvZGUvNTIyMzYzMDM Once again, this interview pertains to my recently published essay about my earlier life entitled  "Family Farm Survivor"  which can be read in full here:  Family Farm Survivor by David Lynch (cregane1.blogspot.com) The first thing to be said about this interview is that it was conducted on the 12th of October 2022 which is why I answered in the affirmative when he asked m...

  Great news everyone - someone forwarded my story to the Joe Duffy team on Radio 1 and they absolutely loved it and can't wait to get me on to talk about it! Thanks Richie (Joe Duffy's producer) - your words of support mean a lot to me! And for all those of you haven't read my story yet and don't know what I'm talking about just go here:  Family Farm Survivor by David Lynch (cregane1.blogspot.com) I also received a lovely surprise phone call from the same guy before I even got the email. Always a shock to see the "RTE" ID pop up on your phone out of the blue. He was genuinely impressed that I even managed to get it published at all and full of enthusiasm for my story. He even talked about putting me on the air there and then with just a few hours' notice. Yikes! Fortunately, cooler heads prevailed to give us both more time to prepare for the interview. Having my sad little story recognized/praised/endorsed by such an august institution as RTE really ...